Lesson Overview This lesson will summarize the “how” the students researched as to how earthquakes and volcanoes both occur.
Objectives Students will describe how volcanoes form. Students will describe how earthquakes begin and the types of waves they create. Students will identify plate boundaries where volcanoes and earthquakes are prominent.
Materials
Worksheet
Printed notes with fill in the blanks
Slinky
Videos of volcanoes
Links to Resources See visual aids section. Safety Issues Students will practice general classroom safety, and the slinky activity will be a demonstration to reduce injury and student horseplay.
Instruction This lesson will teach about how volcanoes and earthquakes are formed, both through words and through visuals, to further the students understanding.
Opening I will begin class by reading the answers to the “how” on the posters from last class. I will then ask the teams how they came up with that answer. “Did you watch a video? Read the textbook? Google it?” and we will discuss the answers as a class. After this discussion I will hand out a notes sheet for us to go over. (5 minutes)
Learning Activities First the students will read over the notes sheet. This sheet will correspond to a ten-minute national geographic video and will be filled in by the students as they watch the video. After this I will help them review the answers. I will perform the generic “slinky activity” to demonstrate the types of waves formed by earthquakes. There will only be one slinky used to minimize injury. I will ask the students to raise their hand if they can show me how to create an S wave, and after how to create a P wave. I will make sure all students were able to see the shapes of the waves, and then we will move on to the volcano section of the video. After finishing the notes we will have a discussion about how volcanoes are formed and why there are none in Rhode Island. I will ask them why they think volcanoes would/wouldn’t occur at various places “London, the North Pole, Miami” and we will go over these answers. (45-50 minutes)
Closing To end the class I will tell a story about my own experience with volcanoes. I went to Hawaii and saw a volcano but did not even know it was erupting. The students will help me figure out why (it was not a violent eruption, but instead one safe for people to view) and we will write down the difference on the board. Then I will remind the students that they have a review class tomorrow and that they need to come prepared to work. (10 minutes)
Assessment The notes are to be kept by the students for studying purposes, but can be checked as a formative assessment.
Homework Finish the inquiry assessment write up and hand in the next day.
Unit: Earth’s Interior
Title: Waves, Quakes and Lava Cakes
Lesson Overview
This lesson will summarize the “how” the students researched as to how earthquakes and volcanoes both occur.
Objectives
Students will describe how volcanoes form.
Students will describe how earthquakes begin and the types of waves they create.
Students will identify plate boundaries where volcanoes and earthquakes are prominent.
Materials
Links to Resources
See visual aids section.
Safety Issues
Students will practice general classroom safety, and the slinky activity will be a demonstration to reduce injury and student horseplay.
Instruction
This lesson will teach about how volcanoes and earthquakes are formed, both through words and through visuals, to further the students understanding.
Opening
I will begin class by reading the answers to the “how” on the posters from last class. I will then ask the teams how they came up with that answer. “Did you watch a video? Read the textbook? Google it?” and we will discuss the answers as a class. After this discussion I will hand out a notes sheet for us to go over.
(5 minutes)
Learning Activities
First the students will read over the notes sheet. This sheet will correspond to a ten-minute national geographic video and will be filled in by the students as they watch the video. After this I will help them review the answers. I will perform the generic “slinky activity” to demonstrate the types of waves formed by earthquakes. There will only be one slinky used to minimize injury. I will ask the students to raise their hand if they can show me how to create an S wave, and after how to create a P wave. I will make sure all students were able to see the shapes of the waves, and then we will move on to the volcano section of the video. After finishing the notes we will have a discussion about how volcanoes are formed and why there are none in Rhode Island. I will ask them why they think volcanoes would/wouldn’t occur at various places “London, the North Pole, Miami” and we will go over these answers.
(45-50 minutes)
Closing
To end the class I will tell a story about my own experience with volcanoes. I went to Hawaii and saw a volcano but did not even know it was erupting. The students will help me figure out why (it was not a violent eruption, but instead one safe for people to view) and we will write down the difference on the board. Then I will remind the students that they have a review class tomorrow and that they need to come prepared to work.
(10 minutes)
Assessment
The notes are to be kept by the students for studying purposes, but can be checked as a formative assessment.
Homework
Finish the inquiry assessment write up and hand in the next day.
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